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Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank

The Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank, Limited
Native name
株式会社第一勧業銀行
Romanized name
Kabushiki-gaisha Dai-ichi Kangyō Ginkō
Public KK (: 8311)
Industry Bank
Fate Merged with Fuji Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan in 2000
Predecessor Dai-ichi Bank (1873-1971)
Nippon Kangyo Bank (1897-1971)
Successor Mizuho Financial Group
Founded 1971
Headquarters Tokyo, Japan
Key people
Shibusawa Eiichi, Founder
Number of employees
14,714 (2001)
Website www.dkb.co.jp

Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank, Limited (株式会社第一勧業銀行, Kabushiki-gaisha Dai-ichi Kangyō Ginkō?), abbreviated as DKB (第一勧銀, Dai'ichi Kangin?), was one of the largest banks in the world during the latter half of the 20th century.Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank was created in 1971 by a consortium of two banks: Dai-Ichi Bank, Japan's oldest bank, and Nippon Kangyo Bank, a state financial institution that granted long-term loans to industry and agriculture.

In 2000, it merged with Fuji Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan to form Mizuho Financial Group. In 2002, DKB's corporate & investment banking division was transferred to Mizuho Corporate Bank, while its retail banking division was transferred to Mizuho Bank.

The Dai-ichi Bank, Ltd. (株式会社第一銀行, Kabushiki-gaisha Dai'ichi Ginkō?), originally Dai-Ichi Kokuritsu Bank (lit. First National Bank) was the first bank and the first ever to be established in Japan. Established by industrialist Shibusawa Eiichi in 1873, it was originally empowered to issue banknotes, until the Bank of Japan assumed this function in 1883. Subsequently, it became a purely commercial bank based in Tokyo.


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